"View from the active and passive halves of a payload fairing during a recent Falcon 9 launch of @Starlink," SpaceX officials ...

The rocket’s upper stage released its payload ... Falcon 9. Unlike the booster landings, which the company broadcasts on its launch webcasts, the fairing recoveries take place out of view.

SpaceX has launched with the debuting of an upgraded payload fairing for ... which is based on the Falcon 9 but with two additional first-stage boosters strapped either side of a reinforced ...

As it turns out, though, that wasn’t the only part of the Falcon 9 rocket to make its ... The nose cone, also known as the fairing, protects the rocket’s payload (in last night’s case ...

A new SpaceX video has captured a striking view of ... like payload fairing covering the CSG-2 satellite popped free and fell away. The payload fairing makes up the Falcon 9 nose cone and protects ...

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a mysterious government ... Running a month and a half late because of payload fairing issues and subsequent rescheduling, the booster's nine first ...

The arcs of blue light give the descent an arena-rock feel. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This is a truly wild ride.

It was also the 100th SpaceX launch since 2006 when its first Falcon 1 rocket soared skyward. This week’s mission also saw a net-equipped ship catch one half of the Falcon 9 rocket’s fairing ...

A Falcon 9 second stage and payload fairing is attached to the central ... SpaceX The central booster will be expended, while the two side boosters will land at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Antares has a “pop top” opening at the top of the rocket’s payload fairing ... in the fairing of the Falcon 9. That is a door 1.5 by 1.2 meters in the side of the fairing that can ...